F O C U S Non-porous hydrogenation catalysts The key to this invention is the combination of a lanthanide metal with a precious metal on a non-porous base. US 8,822,370, UOP LLC, Des Plaines, IL, USA, 2 Sep 2014
Catalyst regeneration process Heavily coked zeolite catalysts used in petrochemical processes are regenerated with the use of steam during regeneration, in addition to oxygen.
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US 8,822-363, ExxonMobil Chemcial Patents, Inc, Houston, TX, USA, 2 Sep 2014
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Stereoselective synthesis: bond formation, methodologies, and activation modes This is an overview from 2000, with 36 contributors from 9 countries. R.R. Torres (ed), 2013, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ, USA, ISBN 978-1-118-20353-8, 662 pp, £124
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